every business will keep at least 1-2 employees per location, mostly to handle extreme edge cases like flooding, cars being driven into the building, or hos

every business will keep at least 1-2 employees per location, mostly to handle extreme edge cases like flooding, cars being driven into the building, or hostage situations. I wonder how many McDonalds has experienced a flood, a car being driven into the building, or a hostage situation, in the last 10 years. I dare say it's an insignificant proportion - not enough to warrant 1-2 employees per place. I dare that you are right - every business will still need a few employees for each location - but rather than hostage situations or floods, the cases will be rather more humdrum. Whether it's computers crashing, ovens needing oiling, cleaning, supplies that need refilling - there will be plenty of routine tasks that need a human to carry out.